Systems Engineer III - DevOps & Application Sustainment

About the role

The Systems Engineer III – DevOps & Application Sustainment supports the operation, maintenance, integration, and continual enhancement of Army biometric applications and supporting AWS GovCloud environments. The engineer focuses on DevOps automation, CI/CD, application/platform troubleshooting, releases, integration, testing, defect correction, and limited software enhancements required to sustain mission capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines supporting deployment and sustainment of biometric applications.
• Maintain and enhance Jenkins, Git/GitLab, automation pipelines, deployment processes, and associated engineering tools.
• Troubleshoot application, platform, interface, configuration, and production issues.
• Analyze logs, metrics, alerts, application behavior, and system dependencies to determine root cause.
• Develop scripts and automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, JSON/YAML, or similar technologies.
• Perform limited application development and code changes necessary to correct defects, implement approved enhancements, maintain interfaces, and sustain system functionality.
• Implement approved application patches, upgrades, maintenance releases, and configuration changes.
• Develop and execute system/regression testing associated with releases, patches, infrastructure changes, and defect correction.
• Support COTS/GOTS application integration and interoperability.
• Support AWS platform administration and technical cybersecurity remediation as required.
• Maintain release documentation, test evidence, configuration records, and technical baseline artifacts.
• Participate in CCB/TRB activities, release planning, and technical reviews.
• Cross‑train with cloud/platform and network engineers.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
• Seven (7) years of professional experience in systems engineering.
• Experience with AWS GovCloud.
• Experience with software integration or testing, including analyzing and implementing test plans and scripts.
• Understanding of ANSI/NIST ITL and DoW Electronic Biometric Transmission Specification (EBTS).
• Familiarity with biometric systems.
• Knowledge of system‑of‑systems engineering and integration directorate processes.
• Experience with DevOps practices and tools, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and critical thinking skills.
• Secret security clearance.

Preferred qualifications

• Proficiency with Jenkins and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience using Git/GitLab.
• Scripting expertise in Python, Bash, PowerShell, or similar languages.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS/AWS GovCloud.
• Infrastructure‑as‑code experience with Terraform or Ansible.
• Application troubleshooting on Linux and Windows platforms.
• REST/API or application‑interface troubleshooting.
• Regression and system testing experience.
• Experience making targeted application bug fixes and enhancements rather than primarily greenfield development.
• Familiarity with Grafana or comparable monitoring/metrics tools.

Skills

• Jenkins, Git, GitLab
• Python, Bash, PowerShell
• AWS GovCloud, Terraform, Ansible
• Linux and Windows administration
• REST/API integration
• Grafana or similar monitoring tools
• CI/CD pipeline design and maintenance
• System and regression testing

Benefits

• Paid parental leave
• Immediate vesting in 401(k)
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability Insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off & holidays
• Earned bonuses & awards
• Professional training reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program

Pay

Salary range: $118,000 – $133,000. The range represents a general guideline; final offers consider scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills, and market conditions. Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and/or discretionary bonuses in addition to base pay.